In 2024, men in the United Kingdom had a higher average hourly full-time salary than women across most age groups, except for 16 to 17 when women had slightly higher earnings, and among those aged between 18 and 21, earnings were almost the same.

Gross weekly and hourly earnings by level of occupation, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Graph and download economic data for Average Weekly Earnings Per Person in the United Kingdom (AWEPPUKQ) from Q1 1919 to Q4 2016 about academic data, United Kingdom, earnings, average, and per capita.

Full-time workers in London earned an average weekly salary of 838.9 British pounds a week in 2023, which was by far the highest of any region of the United Kingdom. The region with the lowest average salary was North East England, at 608.4 pounds a week.

In 2025, it is predicted that average earnings in the United Kingdom will increase by *** percent, compared with a growth rate of *** percent in 2024, and *** percent in 2023, the fastest average earnings growth in this time period. By contrast, average earnings did not grow at all in 2020, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earnings vs inflation Although earnings grew at their fastest pace between 2021 and 2023 in this provided time period, this was offset by the period of very high inflation that occurred alongside it. This reached a peak of **** percent in October 2022, with inflation only reaching the typical target rate of *** percent in May 2024. Despite strong wage growth, the average UK worker saw their earnings fall relative to inflation between November 2021 and May 2023. As of January 2024, weekly wages in the UK were still growing faster than inflation, at *** percent for regular pay and *** percent for pay including bonuses. Full-time earnings reach over ****** GBP in 2024 Full-time employees in the United Kingdom earned an average annual salary of ****** British pounds in 2024, compared with just over ****** in the previous year. As of this year, men reported higher earnings than women did, with the UK reporting a gender pay gap of **** percent for 2024, compared with **** percent in 1997. Workers in their 40s had the highest average earnings by age group, at approximately ****** for men, and ****** for women. Although men earned more than women in all age groups, this gap was smallest among workers aged 18 to 21.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked and earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by age group.

Average weekly earnings at sector level headline estimates, Great Britain, monthly, seasonally adjusted. Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey.

In 2024, the average full-time hourly wage for men in the United Kingdom was 19.36 British pounds per hour, compared with 17.89 pounds per hour for women.

In 2020 part-time workers in the United Kingdom aged between 16 and 17 had an average weekly salary of just over 61 British pounds a week, compared with part-time workers in their 40s who earned around 232 pounds a week.

Key information about United Kingdom Monthly Earnings

• United Kingdom Monthly Earnings stood at 3,592 USD in Nov 2024, compared with the previous figure of 3,694 USD in Oct 2024
• UK Monthly Earnings data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2000 to Nov 2024, with an average number of 2,857 USD
• The data reached the an all-time high of 3,707 USD in Sep 2024 and a record low of 1,817 USD in Sep 2000

• In the latest reports, UK Population reached 68 million people in Dec 2023
• Unemployment Rate of UK dropped to 4 % in Oct 2023
• The country's Labour Force Participation Rate dropped to 63 % in Oct 2023

These data show average gross weekly and hourly earnings in pounds for the UK countries/English regions in April of the years shown. The data relate to full-time employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. Area relates to the location of workplace, not the residence of the employee.

Part-time employees in the United Kingdom earned an average annual salary of 13,910 British pounds in 2024, compared with people who worked full-time who earned around 37,430 pounds a year.

Distribution of gross hourly earnings of full-time and part-time employees by sex, UK, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

Annual estimates of paid hours worked, weekly, hourly and annual earnings for UK employees by sex, and full-time and part-time, by region and four-digit Standard Occupational Classification.

The median hourly pay and percentage difference in 2019 between hourly earnings with white British employees was greater between men than between women. White Irish male employees earned a median of ***** pounds per hour, while Bangladeshi male employees earned a median of ***** pounds per hour. In comparison, white Irish female employees earned a median of ***** pounds per hour, while Bangladeshi female employees earned a median of ***** pounds per hour. The highest median hourly pay was seen for Chinese male employees, at ***** pounds per hour. Chinese female employees also earned a high hourly pay, at ***** pounds per hour. Female white and black Caribbean female employees experienced the lowest median hourly pay in 2019, at just **** pounds per hour.

This dataset contains time series estimates of GB earnings growth sourced from the Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey. The dataset is overwritten every month and it therefore always contains the latest published data. The Time Series dataset facility is a tabulation tool primarily designed for users who wish to customise their own datasets. Previously named Employment & Earnings

75% of households from the Bangladeshi ethnic group were in the 2 lowest income quintiles (after housing costs were deducted) between April 2021 and March 2024.